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Arch and Society Mid-term 1
Oklahoma State University ARCH2003, Dr. Michael Rabens
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
02/14/2011

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Kingdom:

Function:

Definition

Name: Temple of Amun

Location: Karnak, Egypt

Kingdom: New

Function: Temple, Shrine to Amun and Ra

Important parts of plan: pylon, hypostyle hall full of pillars with clerestory windows, smaller areas further in, etc

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Name:

Made for:

Location:

Kingdom:

How is it built:

Function:

Definition

Name: Great Pyramids of Giza

Made for: Khufu, Khafre, Menkuru

Location: Giza, Egypt

Kingdom: Old

How is it built: piling stone on top of more stone

Function: Burial chamber for Pharaohs

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Built for:

Location:

Kingdom:

Function:

Major parts:

Definition

Name: Temple of Khons

Built for: Ramesses III

Location: Karnak, Egypt

Kingdom: New

Function: Temple of Khonsu

Major parts: Courtyard with open roof, Hypostyle hall which is closed and dark, sanctuary which only important people got into where they worshipped Khonsu

Term
What is Battering?
Definition
The sloping up on vertical faces, like on a mountain or pyramid
Term
What is moulding?
Definition

The decorative raised edges around the corners of a building

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The moulding is the part above the heiroglyphs and below the red and blue shapes

Term
What is a cornice?
Definition

In Egyptian architecture, the raised part above the moulding that is curved outwards and sticks out past the profile of the building. Usually found on the pylon.[image]

The cornice is the part with the red and blue shapes that is above the moulding.

Term

What is this part of an Egyptian temple called?

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Definition
A Pylon
Term

What do you call the dark enclosed room of an Egyptian temple that is filled with pillars?

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Definition
A Hypostyle Hall
Term
What is the inner-most room of an Egyptian temple that is used for worship called?
Definition
The Sanctuary
Term

What is this called?

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Definition
An Obelisk
Term

What do you call the openings that let in a small amount of light at the top of the hypostyle hall?

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Definition
Clerestory Windows
Term
What is the method of building called where pillars are used to hold up sections of the roof above it?
Definition
Post and Lintel construction
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Name:

Architect:

Built for:

Location: 

Kingdom:

Function:

Definition

Name: Step pyramid, or funerary complex for King Zoser

Architect: Imhotep

Built for: King Zoser

Location: Saqqara, Egypt

Kingdom: Old

Function: To hold Zoser's dead body

Term

What order of Greek column is this?

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Definition
Doric
Term

What order of Greek column is this?

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Definition
Ionic
Term

What order of Greek column is this?

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Definition
Corinthian
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What part of the building is 1 called?

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Definition
The entablature
Term

What part of the building is 2?

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Definition
The column
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What part of the building is 3?

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Definition
The cornice
Term

What part of the building is 4?

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Definition
The frieze
Term

What part of the building is 5?

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Definition
The architrave
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What part of the building is 6?

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Definition
The capital
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What part of the building is 7?[image]
Definition
The shaft
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What part of the building is 8?

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Definition
The stylobate
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What part of the building is 9?

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Definition
The triglyph
Term

What part of the building is 10?

 

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Definition
The metope
Term

What part of the building is 11?

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Definition
The Abacus Echinus
Term
What does diminuation mean, when referring to Greek columns?
Definition
It refers to the way columns become narrower towards the top.
Term
What is fluting, when referring to Greek columns?
Definition
The lines that go up the length of the column
Term

What is the triangular part of the roof on the front of

the building called?

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Definition
The pediment
Term
What does a peripteral plan mean?
Definition
A building that has columns all the way around all 4 sides
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Name:

Location:

Date:

What's unique about it:

 

Definition

Name: First Temple of Hera

Location: Paestum, Italy

Date: ~550 BCE

What's unique about it: 9 columns, 2 doors, row of columns down the middle

Term
What does the term Entasis mean, when referring to Greek columns?
Definition
Entasis refers to the way columns appear to bulge outward at the middle
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Name:

Location:

Date:

What's unique about it:

Definition

Name: Second Temple of Hera

Location: Paestum Italy

Date: 460 BCE

What's unique about it: One of the most in-tact Greek temples

Term

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Name:

Architects:

Chief Sculptor:

Client:

Year completed:

Purpose:

What's unique about it:

Definition

Name: The Parthenon

Architects: Ictinus and Callicrates

Chief Sculptor: Phidias

Client: Pericles

Year completed: 432 BCE

Purpose: Temple to Athena Parthenos

What's unique about it:

1. Extra room (called Parthenon) at back entrance

2. No straight lines, everything is curved slightly for "optical refinements"

3. Doric order, except for columns in Parthenon room which are Ionic

4. Big scary gold and ivory sculpture of Athena

5. East pediment depicts Athena's birth

6. West pediment depicts war between Athena and Poseidon

7. Inner Panathenaic Frieze depicts an Athens parade to honor Athena

8. Outer frieze depicts Lapiths and Centaurs

Term

What is the part of the Greek temple labeled 1 called?

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Definition
The Pronaos
Term

What is the part of the Greek temple labeled 2 called?

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Definition
The Naos
Term

What is the part of the Greek temple labeled 3 called?

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Definition
The Opisthodomos (translates to "fake house")
Term
What are the two centuries of the Roman empire from 27BCE - 180 CE called?
Definition
Pax Romana
Term
When did Constantine reign in Rome?
Definition
305 - 337 CE
Term
What were the special building blocks used in Rome to build arches called?
Definition
Voussoirs
Term
What is the voussoir at right at the top in the middle of a Roman arch called?
Definition
The keystone
Term
What is the wall built on top of an arch that is used to hold it together called?
Definition
The spandrel
Term
What is the wooden scaffolding that goes inside an arch that holds it together during construction called?[image]
Definition
A centering
Term

What is this kind of 3 dimensional arch called?

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Definition
A barrel vault
Term

What is this kind of 3 dimensional arch called?

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Definition
A groin vault
Term

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Name:

Location:

Date:

Definition

Name: Arch of Titus

Location: Rome, Italy

Date: 81-90 CE

Term

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Name:

Location:

Date:

What's special about the columns:

Definition

Name: The Colloseum

Location: Rome, Italy

Date: 72-80 CE

What's special about the columns: It has all 3 orders with Doric on the bottom level of arches, Ionic on the 2nd, and Corinthean on the 3rd.

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Purpose:

Definition

Name: Pont du Gard

Location: Nîmes, France

Date: 20 BCE ~ 14 CE

Purpose: Aqueduct. It moved water from one place to another.

Term

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Location:

Date:

Definition

Name: Basilica of Constantine

Location: Rome, Italy

Date: 307-315 CE

 

Also it has big barrel vaults

Term

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Name:

Location:

Date:
What's special about it:

Definition

Name: Baths of Diocletian

Location: Rome, Italy

Date: 296 - 306 CE

What's special about it: It illustrates the use of groin vaults, and also it's still in use as a church today

Term

What is this type of Roman concrete facing called?

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Definition
Opus Incertum
Term

What is this type of Roman concrete facing called?

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Definition
Opus reticulatum
Term

What is this type of Roman concrete facing called?

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Definition
Opus Testaceum
Term
What does the term "aggregate" mean, when referring to Roman concrete?
Definition
The coarse gravel, sand, crushed stone, etc. that reinforce and give strength to the concrete mix
Term
What does the "cement" part of Roman concrete refer to?
Definition
The sort of glue that holds it together, made mostly of lime and ash (Pozzolana)
Term

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Location:

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Definition

Name: Etruscan Temple at Veii

Location: Veii, Italy

Date: 500 BCE

Term

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Name:

Location:

Date:

What's special about it:

Made for worship of:

Definition

Name: Maison Carrée

Location: Nîmes, France

Date: 10 CE

What's special about it: Pseudo-peripteral plan imitates a peripteral plan. 

Made for worship of: Jupiter,Juno, and Minerva

Term

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Name:

Location:

Date:

Built for:

What's special about it:

Dedicated to worship of: 

Name of the round opening at the top:

Definition

Name: The Pantheon

Location: Rome, Italy

Date: 118 - 128 CE

Built for: Emperor Hadrian

What's special about it: It's still in use today as a church. The second floor was redesigned in 1750. It wasn't built by Marcus Agrippa, as the words on the front would imply.

Dedicated to the worship of: all of the Roman Gods

Name of the round opening at the top: Oculus

Term
What is the sanctuary called in Roman temples?
Definition
The cella
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